by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Les Nuages
Language: French (Français)
Comme de splendides nageoires De célestes poissons changeants, Les nuages ont des argents, Des ors, des nacres, des ivoires. Ils s’irisent devant les gloires Mourantes des soleils plongeants, Comme de splendides nageoires De célestes poissons changeants. Mais la Nuit, sur ses barques noires, Lance des pêcheurs affligeants Qui dans leurs filets émergeants Prennent les ondoyantes moires Comme de splendides nageoires.
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, pages 99-100.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Les Nuages", appears in Pierrot lunaire [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Die Wolken", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Otto Vrieslander.
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Die Wolken
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Gleich himmlischen Fischen Mit blitzenden Flossen, Schillern die Wolken In Purpur und Gold. Sie leuchten und glühn Vor der sterbenden Sonne, Gleich himmlischen Fischen Mit blitzenden Flossen. Auf schwarzen Barken Rudert die Nacht heran. Aus wirft sie die Netze Und — fängt die Fische Mit den blitzenden Flossen.
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Die Wolken", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Les Nuages", appears in Pierrot lunaire
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Die Wolken", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 4, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-08
Line count: 13
Word count: 48